Seattle Area Chest Grand Rounds

73 year old woman with sepsis and a complicating comorbidity - William Ehlenbach, md

Metazoan A et al. “Acute right ventricular failure--from pathophysiology to new treatments.” Intensive Care Med. 2004 Feb;30(2):185-96. Epub 2003 Nov 15.

Ramakrishna G et al. “Impact of pulmonary hypertension on the outcomes of noncardiac surgery: predictors of perioperative morbidity and mortality.” J Am Coll Cardiol. 2005 May 17;45(10):1691-9

58 yo with impressive leukocytosis - William Ehlenbach, MD

Fisman DN. “Hemophagocytic syndromes and infection.” Emerg Infect Dis. 2000 Nov-Dec;6(6):601-8.

Osorio S, et al. “Lactic Acidosis in Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma and response to Chemotherapy.” Haematologica. 2002 Feb;87(2):ELT05.

Sillos EM et al. “Lactic acidosis: a metabolic complication of hematologic malignancies: case report and review of the literature.” Cancer. 2001 Nov 1;92(9):2237-46.

Indifferent in the SICU - Anne Lipke, MD

Taviloglu K and Yanar H. Fat Embolism Syndrome. Surg Today 2007; 37:5-8

Talbot M and Schemitsch EH. Fat Embolism Syndrome: history, definition, epidemiology. Injury, Int J Care Injured 2006:375:S3-S7.

Ellingsen Husebye E, Lyberg T, Roise O. Bone marrow fat in the circulation: clinical entities and pathophysiologic mechanisms. Injury, Int J Care Injured 2006; 375:S8-S18.

Habashi NM, Andrews PL, Scalea TM. Therapeutic aspects of fat embolism syndrome. Injury, Int J Care Injured 2006; 375:S68-S73.

Mellor A and Soni N. Fat embolism. Anesthesia 2001; 56:145-154.

82 year old woman with acute dypsnea before elective surgery - Robert Sandblom, MD

Kleinman, S., et al., Toward an understanding of transfusion-related acute lung injury: statement of a consensus panel. Transfusion, 2004. 44(12): p. 1774-89.

Triulzi, D.J., Transfusion-related acute lung injury: an update. Hematology Am Soc Hematol Educ Program, 2006: p. 497-501.

Toy, P., et al., Transfusion-related acute lung injury: definition and review. Crit Care Med, 2005. 33(4): p. 721-6.

Davoren, A., et al., TRALI due to granulocyte-agglutinating human neutrophil antigen-3a (5b) alloantibodies in donor plasma: a report of 2 fatalities. Transfusion, 2003. 43(5): p. 641-5.

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62 y/o woman on the vacation of a lifetime - Lynn Keenan, MD

Fatal Invasive Aspergillosis Complicating Severe Plasmodium falciparum Malaria. By: Hocquelox, Laurent; Bruneel, Fabrice; Pages, Christine Lagorce; Vachon, François. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 6/1/2000, Vol. 30 Issue 6, p940

Medical Microbiology- part II - Matt Arentz, md

Belko J, Goldman D. Clinically significant infections with organisms of the Streptococcus milleri group Pediatric Infect Dis J. 2002; 21: 715-26

Ripley RT, Cothren C, Moore E. Streptococcus milleri infections of the pleural space: operative management predominates. The American J of Surg 2006; 192: 817-21

Kanamori S, The role of the capsule of the Streptoccus milleri group in its pathogenicity. J. Infect. Chemotehr 2004; 10: 105-109

Mandell, Bennet, & Dolin: Principles and Practice of Infectious Disease, 6th Ed. Pp. 2451-2455

Medical Microbiology- part I - Matt Arentz, md

Eash S, Manley K. The human polyomaviruses. Cell. Mol. Life Sci. 63 (2006) 865-876

Isella V, Marzorati L, Curto N. Primary progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy: report of a case Functional Neurology 2005; 20 (3): 139-142

Rueger MA, Miletic H, Dorrie K. Long-Term Remission in Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy Caused by Idiopathic CD4+ T Lymphocytopenia: A case report. CID 2006; 42: e53-6

31 y/old with chest pain and shortness of breath - Eric Walter, md

Mauri D, Pentheroudakis G, et al. Non-small cell lung cancer in the young: a retrospective analysis of diagnosis, management and outcome data.Anticancer Res. 2006 Jul-Aug;26(4B):3175-81.

Lienert T, Serke M, Schonfeld N, Loddenkemper R. Lung cancer in young females.Eur Respir J. 2000 Nov;16(5):986-90.

Liu NS, Spitz MR, Kemp BL, Cooksley C, Fossella FV, Lee JS, Hong WK, Khuri FR. Adenocarcinoma of the lung in young patients: the M. D. Anderson experience.Cancer. 2000 Apr 15;88(8):1837-41.

Skarin AT, Herbst RS, Leong TL, Bailey A, Sugarbaker D. Lung cancer in patients under age 40.Lung Cancer. 2001 Jun;32(3):255-64.

PAPRs, dementia and Translator - Molly Billings, MD

Pavlidis, N et al. “Diagnostic and Therapeutic Management of Cancer of an Unknown Primary,” Eur J of Cancer 2003; 39:1990-2005

Varadhachary, G et al. “Diagnostic Strategies for Unknown Primary Carcinoma,” Cancer 2004; 100(9):1776-1785

Fire and water - molly billings, md

Carbognani, P. “The Management of Post Intubation Membranous Tracheal Rupture,” Ann Thoracic Surgery 2004: 77:406-409

Chen, D. and M. Edwards, “Bronchoscopic Diagnosis of an Extensive Tracheal Tear,” ANZ J of Surgery 2006; 76:534-35

Liffner, G et al. “Inhalation Injury Assessed by Score does not Contribute to the Development of ARDS in Burn Victims,” Burns 2005; 31:263-268

Masanes, MJ et al. “Using Bronchoscopy to Diagnose Early Inhalational Injury” Chest 1995; 107:1365-9

Moylan, JA et al. “Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy following Thermal Injury” Surg Gynec Obst 1975: 541-3

Moylan, JA and CK Chan, “Inhalation Injury – An Increasing Problem” Annals of Surg 1975; 188: 34-37

crazy shock - greg Holt, md

Ellis AK Day JH CMAJ 169(4):307-11, 2003

Tang A, Am Family Physician 68(7): 1325-32, 2003

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